Principal Research Scientist: Risk & Resilience with Equity

Neara; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Flexible hours

Influence on product roadmap

Job summary

Neara is seeking a Principal Research Scientist - Risk to join its internal research group and shape methods for resilient, reliable electricity grids. You will define the research agenda, develop rigorous models, and translate findings into actionable tools for utilities managing large-scale capital expenditure.

The role emphasizes probabilistic modeling, uncertainty quantification, and decision analytics, applied to asset failure, vegetation risk, and wildfires.

Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field with strong research record.
• Proven ability to independently define and execute a research agenda.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to infrastructure risk and resilience research in utility-scale systems.
• Establish standards for risk modeling and uncertainty quantification.
• Develop predictive models for asset failure, outages, and risk scenarios.
• Design decision models to quantify economic impacts of resilience investments.

Skills

Probability modeling

Uncertainty quantification

Statistical modeling

Scientific computing

Decision modeling

Education

PhD in statistics/ applied mathematics/ physics/ CS/ OR/ engineering

Tools

Python

R

Matlab

Pandas

Job description

Neara is seeking a Principal Research Scientist - Risk to join its internal research group and shape methods for resilient, reliable electricity grids. You will define the research agenda, develop rigorous models, and translate findings into actionable tools for utilities managing large-scale capital expenditure.

The role emphasizes probabilistic modeling, uncertainty quantification, and decision analytics, applied to asset failure, vegetation risk, and wildfires.